I don't know; does this centuries-old belief still around today? Perhaps but I think that there is a limited number of artists around who still think this way. Today in the 21st century, the realities of rent, food, clothes, and other basic essentials are too powerful to ignore. Speaking for myself, it is my dream to be able to make a living from doing what I love which is music. My Dreamwalk CD is in fact the kind of CD I always wanted to make however, it was and still is in the back of my mind that it should have some sort of commercial appeal as well. Do we have to sacrifice art in order to make money? Definitely not, but an artist in this day and age has to be realistic if they want to eat. The songs on the CD are the best I have to offer at this time and as I have mentioned before, songs for the next CD, Time is the River, are already written and in some cases recorded. I will do whatever is humanly possible to make sure that DREAMWALK gets the best chance for commercial appeal and success because I worked too hard for it NOT to. By March 7th, the CD's internet release, there will be no Ides of March; there will be tides of March: tides of progress.BKT